Legal Opinion
Gehres v. City of Phoenix
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided November 30, 1987No. 2 CA-CV 87-0269, 2 CA-CV 87-0275PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROLL, Judge.
Defendants City of Phoenix and Vinnie’s, Inc. (Vinnie’s) appeal from a jury verdict awarding a total of $577,600 in favor of Paul Gehres and Helen Melius. The action arose from the death of Violet Gehres in a Phoenix traffic accident involving a drunk driver who was insolvent.
FACTS
On May 1, 1984, Lawrence Speck and a companion left work at Motorola and went to the Backstage Restaurant in Scottsdale. Speck drank as many as four drinks before he and his companion proceeded in separate cars to Vinnie’s Night Club, then located at Scottsdale Road and Camelback. While at…
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